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There has been increases in infant deaths since Texas implemented their state abortion ban. That and increased deaths of women. Pro life? I don't think so.
Analysis Suggests 2021 Texas Abortion Ban Resulted in Increase in Infant Deaths in State in Year After Law Went into Effect
A study led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers estimates that infant deaths in Texas increased more than expected in the year following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion in early pregnancy, especially among infants with congenital anomalies.
The Texas law prohibiting abortions after a fetal heartbeat could be detected—as early as five or six weeks—went into effect September 1, 2021. At the time, the law—Senate Bill 8, or S.B. 8—was the most stringent state abortion law in the country. It did not allow exemptions for congenital anomalies.
The researchers’ analysis of monthly death certificate data in Texas and the rest of the United States found that between 2021 and 2022, infant deaths in Texas rose from 1,985 to 2,240, a year-over-year increase of 255 deaths. This corresponds to a 12.9 percent increase in infant deaths in Texas versus a 1.8 percent increase in infant deaths in the rest of the U.S. during the same period. The study defines infants as under 12 months old.
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From 2019 to 2022, the rate of maternal death in Texas jumped by 56%, compared to just 11% nationwide during the same period.
For Hispanic women, rates grew from 14.5% to 18.9%, but rates in white women nearly double, from 20% to 39.1%.
For Black women, who historically have a higher chance of dying while pregnant, during childbirth, or soon after, climbed from 31.6% to 43.6%.
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Analysis Suggests 2021 Texas Abortion Ban Resulted in Increase in Infant Deaths in State in Year After Law Went into Effect
A study led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers estimates that infant deaths in Texas increased more than expected in the year following the state’s 2021 ban on abortion in early pregnancy, especially among infants with congenital anomalies.
The Texas law prohibiting abortions after a fetal heartbeat could be detected—as early as five or six weeks—went into effect September 1, 2021. At the time, the law—Senate Bill 8, or S.B. 8—was the most stringent state abortion law in the country. It did not allow exemptions for congenital anomalies.
The researchers’ analysis of monthly death certificate data in Texas and the rest of the United States found that between 2021 and 2022, infant deaths in Texas rose from 1,985 to 2,240, a year-over-year increase of 255 deaths. This corresponds to a 12.9 percent increase in infant deaths in Texas versus a 1.8 percent increase in infant deaths in the rest of the U.S. during the same period. The study defines infants as under 12 months old.

Analysis Suggests 2021 Texas Abortion Ban Resulted in Increase in Infant Deaths in State in Year After Law Went into Effect | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Researchers use statistical modeling to estimate infant deaths expected if one of the country’s most stringent state abortion laws had not been enacted.

Infant Deaths After Texas’ 2021 Ban on Abortion in Early Pregnancy
This cohort study of recorded infant deaths examines infant mortality after the passage of the 2021 ban on early abortions in Texas.

Dramatic increase in pregnant women dying in Texas following abortion ban
The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth drastically spiked after the state's 2021 ban on abortion care.From 2019 to 2022, the rate of maternal death in Texas jumped by 56%, compared to just 11% nationwide during the same period.
For Hispanic women, rates grew from 14.5% to 18.9%, but rates in white women nearly double, from 20% to 39.1%.
For Black women, who historically have a higher chance of dying while pregnant, during childbirth, or soon after, climbed from 31.6% to 43.6%.

Dramatic increase in pregnant women dying in Texas following abortion ban
The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant, during labor or soon after childbirth drastically spiked after the state's 2021 ban on abortion care.
